Materials used:
Safety goggles
3 graduated cylinders
ethanol,C2H5OH
solid iodine, I2
glycerol, C3H5(OH)3
water
10 rubber stoppers
10 test tubes
kerosene
ammonium chloride,NH4CL
an unknown solute
The polarity of a solute or solvent which is present in covalent molecules illustrates which part of the molecule is either slightly positive or negative. In this lab, we experimented with different variates of solutes and observed the characteristics of the solutes when in …show more content…
When we observed the reactions of each solute coming into contact with the solvents we had mixed results. The problems that we faced when performing this lab was allocating the right amount of the solvents we used the test tube so we do not alter the results but we overcame this problem by using the graduated cylinder to accurately display the amount that we put for each substance. The results that we got for each experiment usually came in the same reaction while having some different than the others. When we started step two, we got mixed results when we add two iodine crystals to each of the solvents. When the iodine crystal came into contact with the water it immediately dissolved while ethanol and kerosene changing into different colors with both having a different characteristic such as one dissolving while the other did not. When we attempted step three, we noticed that when ammonium chloride came into contact with the three solvents only one of the three solvents had a reaction while the other did not. When the water came into contact with the